Buzzing with Knowledge: How Many Bees Can You Get Right?
Test your bee-autiful knowledge with this quiz about our fascinating buzzing friends! See how many correct answers you can get out of 20!
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- How many eyes do bees have?2 · 4 · 5 · 6
- What are male bees in the hive called?Kings · Workers · Soldiers · Drones
- Approximately how fast can bees fly?10 mph · 15 mph · 20 mph · 25 mph
- Female bees in the hive, except the queen, are known as?Nurses · Guards · Workers · Foragers
- How many eggs can a queen bee lay per day at her peak?500 · 1,000 · 1,500 · 2,000
- What happens to a bee after it loses its stinger?It regenerates the stinger · It dies · It becomes a drone · It becomes sterile
- For how many years have bees existed on Earth?10 million · 20 million · 30 million · 40 million
- Where do bees carry pollen?On their back · On their wings · On their hind legs · In their mouth
- What is the capacity of an average beehive?10,000 bees · 25,000 bees · 50,000 bees · 75,000 bees
- How much nectar must foragers collect to make 1 pound of honey?500,000 flowers · 1 million flowers · 1.5 million flowers · 2 million flowers
- Approximately how much honey does an average forager make in her lifetime?1/10 th of a teaspoon · 1/12 th of a teaspoon · 1/15 th of a teaspoon · 1/20 th of a teaspoon
- What is the average per capita honey consumption in the US?0.5 pounds · 1.3 pounds · 2.0 pounds · 2.5 pounds
- How many pairs of wings do bees have?1 · 2 · 3 · 4
- How do honey bees primarily communicate?Through sound · Through pheromones · Through the waggle dance · Through light signals
- What crops do bees pollinate in the US?Fruit · Fiber · Nut · All of the above
- What is the economic contribution of bee pollination to US agriculture annually?2 billion dollars · 5 billion dollars · 10 billion dollars · 14 billion dollars
- What is a special food given to a larva to develop it into a queen bee?Nectar · Propolis · Royal jelly · Pollen
- How much of our food depends on pollinators such as bees?1/5 · 1/4 · 1/3 · 1/2
- Where do most solitary bees nest?Trees · Ground · Beehives · Walls
- What trick can help a struggling bumblebee to recover?Give it honey · Put it in sunlight · Offer it sugar water · Move it to a hive